Christian Missionary Engagement in Central Nigeria, 1857-1891 : The Church Missionary Society's All-African Mission on the Upper Niger Paperback / softback
by Femi J. Kolapo
Part of the African Histories and Modernities series
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In the decades before colonial partition in Africa, the Church Missionary Society embarked on the first serious effort to evangelize in an independent Muslim state.
Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther led an all-African field staff to convert the people of the Upper Niger and Confluence area, whose communities were threatened or already conquered by an expanding jihadist Nupe state.
In this book, Femi J. Kolapo examines the significance of the mission as an African—rather than European—undertaking, assessing its impact on missionary practice, local engagement, and Christian conversion prospects.
By offering a fuller history of this overlooked mission in the history of Christianity in Nigeria, this book reaffirms indigenous agency and rethinks the mission as an experiment ahead of its time.
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- Pages:301 pages, 2 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 301 p. 5 illus., 2 illus.
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- Publication Date:28/12/2020
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:301 pages, 2 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 301 p. 5 illus., 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:28/12/2020
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- ISBN:9783030314286
